Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, today hailed the announcement of an historic purchase agreement between Microsoft and Helion Energy to provide electricity generated by a fusion energy plant in 2028.
“Helion’s agreement to power Microsoft on fusion energy in 2028 demonstrates the promise of historic… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer, vice-chair of the bipartisan Congressional AI Caucus, today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of new initiatives to address advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and called for further education and engagement by Congress to set comprehensive, long-term policies to govern the development of AI.
“President Biden and Vice President Harris are taking… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus in the U.S. House, today hailed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) announcement that it would regulate fusion energy systems under its existing byproduct materials regulatory framework. Earlier this year, Beyer led a request along with his fellow Fusion Energy Caucus co-chairs to the NRC seeking this… Read more »
Originally published on ABC News.
With the rise of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, members of Congress are trying to get ahead of the curve and ensure the technology doesn't get out of control.
And they're taking different approaches to find the best solution.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is taking graduate level courses on AI for his machine learning master's degree at… Read more »
Originally published in The New York Times.
In recent weeks, two members of Congress have sounded the alarm over the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Representative Ted Lieu, Democrat of California, wrote in a guest essay in The New York Times in January that he was “freaked out” by the ability of the ChatGPT chatbot to mimic human writers. Another Democrat,… Read more »
Today, Reps. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Don Beyer (D-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), and Jim Baird (R-IN) introduced the Data Science and Literacy Act, legislation to increase access to data science education, reduce course equity gaps for all students, and help build America’s 21st century STEM workforce.
“To compete in a 21st-century economy, we need a 21st-century STEM workforce that reflects the… Read more »
Today, in an event organized by the Climate Action Campaign (CAC), members of Congress, public health experts, science advocates, and environmental justice leaders joined together, calling on President Biden and his administration to “Love Our Lungs” this Valentine’s Day by using all of their existing authority to cut pollution and protect public health.
Gathered together as part… Read more »
Originally published on Semafor.
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool that creates human-like responses on demand, has Congress playing catch up.
For decades, sci-fi writers and futurists have been telling the world to prepare for an era of disruption as AI takes off, but this year’s high-profile breakthroughs have alarmed some members who are already thinking about how to… Read more »
Originally published on Inc.
The news of a successful fusion energy test at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was met with both fascination and trepidation. All this talk of nuclear energy and “unleashing the energy of the sun” makes people squeamish.
But there is a reason why many scientists are so excited about the breakthrough.… Read more »
